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R. GIBBS. WASHING MACHINE.

No. 483,439. Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

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Patented Sept. 27, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIAN R. GIBBS, OF CHERRY GREEK, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,439, datedSeptember 2'7, 1892.

Application filed March 11, 1892- Serial No. 424,569- (N m To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARIAN R. GIBBS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cherry Creek, in the county of Chautauqua and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Washinghlachine, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of washing-machines, to enable clothes to be thoroughlycleaned without abrasion, and to provide means whereby a washing-machinemay be operated with little force.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a washing-machineconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 1 is adetail perspective view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlugs.

1 designates a semi-octagonal washing-inachine body, which is j ournaledbetween standards 2 and which is adapted to be oscillated to causeclothes being washed to move back and forth from one end of it to theother and to force water and steam through the clothes. The bodyl has asheet-metal bottom 3 and is provided at its top with a central cover 4and at its ends on opposite sides of the cover with chambers orcompartments 5, extending along the top and ends of the body 1 andadapted to contain steam and water.

Theupper approximately-horizontal portion of each compartment 5communicates, by means of perforations 6, with a series of rectangularbuckets or recesses 7, which are formed by partitions 8 and 9, arrangedat right angles to one another. The lower approximately-vertical portionof each compartment 5 is provided with a series of outwardly-openingvalves 10, whereby when clothes are forced by the oscillation of thebody to one end of the same the valves at that end will close andprevent the escape of water and steam through them and the valves at theother end will open and permit the water and steam to flow into the bodyupon the clothes, and by this arrangement considerable suction isproduced in the compartments, which are air-tight, with the exception ofthe perforations 6, and water and steam are thereby forced through theclothes.

The angular bottom 3 of the body causes the clothes to continually shifttheir positions in passing from one end of thebody to the other, and inorder to prevent abrasion a series of transverse rollers 11 are arrangedon the inner face of the bottom 3 and have their ends journaled inlongitudinally disposed bars 12, secured to the sides of the body.

The washing-machine is operated bya crankhandle 13, journaled on anupright piece 14: and connected by a rod 15 with a lever 16, which hasits inner end fnlcrumed on a pivot 17 near the lower end of the uprightpiece 14, and which has its outer end connected by a rod 18 with alaterally-extending journal of one end of the washing-machine body 1,whereby when the crank-handle 13 is rotated an oscillatory motion willbe imparted to the churnbody. The bar of the crank-handle 13 is coneposed of two sections 19 and 20, which have their adjacent endsconnected by a pivot 21, which is rigid with the sections of the bar andwhich pivots the upper end of the connectingrod 17. By this constructionthe handle portion of the crankhandle is arranged so that it willoperate clear of the connecting-rod.

The washing-machine body is held against oscillation while clothes arebeing taken out or put in by a removable pin 22, which is arranged in anopeningof one of the standards and which is adapted to engage aperforation 23 of a cleat 24, arranged on the sides of the body. Theupper ends of the standards are provided with handles 25, by which themachine may be readily moved.

The standards are connected near their lower ends or feet by rungs orrods 26, and they form, with the upright piece 14 a supportingframe. Thebodyis provided at one end with a drain opening or vent 27.

What I claim is 1. The combination of a supporting-frame, an oscillatingwashing-machine body mounted in the same and provided at one end with alaterally-extending journal, a crank-handle pivoted to one side of theframe and having a bar composed of the sections 19 and 20 and a pivotconnecting the adjacent ends of the sections, a horizontally-extendinglever arranged below the crank-handle and having its inner end fulcrumedon the frame, a con meeting-bar 18, extending from the outer end of thelever to the laterally-extending journal, and an upwardly-extending rod15, hav ing its lower end pivotally connected to the lever at a pointbetween the ends of the latter and having its upper end connected to thepivot of the crank-handle, substantially as described.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a frame, an oscillating bodyjonrnaled on my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 30 thepresence of two Witnesses.

V MARIAN R. GIBBS.

Witnesses:

A. R. SMITH, H. C. MOUNT.

